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A music referendum
A Jury of more than 100 leading European experts has elected Georg Friedrich Haas the best living composer. And his
“In vain” the most impressive composition of the XXI century. “Classic Voice” has collected the results
The monthly Italian music magazine “Classic Voice” is publishing - on the January issue - a referendum on the best
music works, written from 2000 onwards, and prominent composers. Consulting a jury of more than 100 leading
experts in contemporary music (music critics, musicologist, artistic directors, conductors), form different European
countries, it achieves two lists (of works and composers), that focuses the most interesting tendencies in the new music,
let to discover new music personalities in the beginning of XXI century, reveals a stimulating panorama of new works
attracting the interest of the audience.
In this poll, the most voted composer was the Austrian Georg Friedrich Haas, followed in the ranking by the Danish
Simon Steen-Andersen, the English Rebecca Saunders, and then by Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino,
Enno Poppe, Kaija Saariaho, Bernhard Lang, Francesco Filidei, Beat Furrer and Stefano Gervasoni. Haas, who
is now professor of composition at Columbia University in New York, is probably the composer who made the better
synthesis between the legacy of the avant-garde and a personal, visionary sound dimension: In Vain, the most voted
composition, is a monumental piece, conceived as an illusion of acoustic perception with metamorphosis of harmony,
time fluctuations, moments of sudden darkness. An ear-catching music, as it is also Limited approximations for six
pianos (with microtonal tuning) and orchestra.
After In Vain, the top-rated pieces were Steen-Andersens Piano Concerto, Generation Kill by Stefan Prins, the
Saariaho's opera L'amour de loin, Limited Approximations (Haas), Black Box Music (Steen-Andersen), the opera
Written on Skin by George Benjamin, Speicher by Enno Poppe, Rebecca Saunders Void, the opera Giordano Bruno
by Francesco Filidei, An index of metal by Fausto Romitelli. If it is already known the music aesthetic of composers
like Lachenmann, Sciarrino, Saariaho, Furrer and Benjamin, this referendum reveals new musical trends, related to
sound perception, in a whole sensorial experience, which introduces visual and theatrical elements, as shown by Black
Box Music and Piano Concerto by Steen-Andersen, both using the video as part of the composition; or by Prins
Generation Kill, which involves four musicians and four performers playing as in a videogame. Otherwise, the focus
seems to be concentrated in sound surface with a physical, very "concrete" approach, for instance in the illusion of
space created in the sound "zooming" of Saunders Void, or in the feverish, rhythmic writing of Poppe's Speicher.
Here attached, the tables with the complete results and the voters.
http://www.classicvoice.com/riviste/classic-voice/classic-voice-212.html
(digital version)
http://www.classicvoice.com/riviste/classic-voice-digital/classic-voice-212-digitale.html
Georg Friedrich Haas 49
In Vain (2000) 24
Die schöne Wunde (2003) opera 1
Natures mortes (2003) 1
Hyperion (2006) 1
Open spaces (2007) 2
Atthis (2009) 2
Limited Approximations (2010) 12
Bluthaus, opera (2011) 1
Concerto Grosso n.1, per quattro alphorns (2013) 1
Dark Dreams per orchestra (2013) 1
Morgen und Abend, opera (2015) 2
3 Stücke für Mollena (2015-16) 1
Simon Steen-Andersen 35
Run-Time-Error (2009) 5
Double Up (2010) 2
Black Box Music (2012) 11
Inszenierte Nacht (2013) 2
Piano Concerto (2014) 13
Amid (2004) 2
Rebecca Saunders 30
Stirrings still (2004) 2
chroma IX (2003-08) 4
Murmurs (2009) 3
Stasis (2011) 4
Void (2014) 9
Skin (2016) 8
Helmut Lachenmann 26
Schreiben (2003) 8
Concertini (2005) 8
Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2005) 2
Grido, 3. Streichquartett (2001) 8
Got lost (2008) 1
Salvatore Sciarrino 24
Quaderno di strada (2003) 7
Lohengrin 2 (2004) 2
Da gelo a gelo (2006) 2
12 Madrigali per 8 voci (2008) 3
Macbeth (2002) 2
Cantiere del poema (2011) 1
La porta della legge (2006–2008) 4
Da gelo a gelo (2006) 2
Il giornale della necropoli (2000) 1
Enno Poppe 21
Interzone (2002-04) 2
Trauben (2004) 2
Keilschrift (2006) 1
Arbeit (2007) 1
IQ (2012) 2
Speicher (2008-13) 10
Filz (2015) 2
Buch per quartetto d'archi (2016) 1
Kaija Saariaho 21
Orion (2002) 3
L'amour de loin (2000) 13
D'om le vrai sens (2010) 1
Émilie (2010) 1
Laterna Magica, for orchestra (2008) 2
La Passion de Simone (2006) 1
Bernahrd Lang 19
Theater der Wiederholungen, opera (2002) 7
Differenz/Wiederholung Serie (1998-2014) 8
Re:igen, opera (2012) 1
Monadologie serie (2007-2016) 2
Die Sterne des Hungers (2007) 1
Francesco Filidei 19
Macchina per scoppiare Pagliacci (2005) 4
Giordano Bruno (2015) 9
Fiori di Fiori (2012) 5
N.N. (2008) 1
Beat Furrer 18
Begehren (2001) 2
Quartetto n.3 (2004) 1
FAMA (2005) 8
Concerto per pianoforte (2007) 1
Apon (2009) 1
Wüstenbuch (2010) 2
Enigma I-VI for mixed choir a cappella (2006-2013) 3
Stefano Gervasoni 18
Epicadenza (2004) 2
Godspell (2002) 2
Com que voz (2008) 1
Gramigna per cimbalom e ensemble (2009) 4
Dir-In Dir (2011) 2
Limbo, opera (2014) 1
Fado errático (2007-2015) 1
Le Pré (2008-2015) 2
Clamour, terzo quartetto per archi (2015) 2
Least bee (1993-2003) 1
Georges Aperghis 17
Machinations (2000) 3
Avis de Tempête, opera (2004) 5
Zeugen (2007) 1
Tourbillons (2010) 1
Situations (2013) 4
Wölfli-Kantata (2005) 3
Fausto Romitelli 16
An index of metal (2003) 9
prof. Bad Trip lesson III (2000) 5
Amok Koma (2001) 1
Trash tv Trance (2002) 1
Mark Andre 15
hij (2010) 1
... auf ... (2007) 3
über (2015) 1
... als ... I (2001) 1
durch (2006) 4
Asche, for ensemble (2005) 1
Wunderzeichen, opera (2014) 3
zu Staub for ensemble (2004/2005) 1
Johannes Kreidler 14
Fremdarbeit (2009) 8
Audioguide (2014) 4
Weg der Verzweiflung (2011) 1
product placements (2008) 1
Wolfgang Rihm 14
Deus Passus (2000) 1
Jagden und Formen (2001) 4
Astralis Uber die Linie III (2001) 1
Sieben Passions-Texte (2001-2006) 1
En plein Air (2004/5) 1
Concerto "Séraphin" (2005) 1
Dionysos (2010) 2
IN-SCHRIFT 2 (2013) 1
Nähe Fern 1-4 (2011-14) 1
Verwandlung 6 (2014) 1
Peter Ablinger 14
Voices and piano (2012) 6
Speaking Piano serie (2009) 4
Landschaftsoper (2009) 4
Stefan Prins 13
Generation Kill (2012) 13
Tristan Murail 12
Terre d'ombre (2004) 2
Portulan (2006) 1
Winterfragments (2000) 7
Contes cruels (2007) 1
Le désenchantement du Monde (2012) 1
Hans Abrahamsen 12
Quattro Pezzi per orchestra (2003) 1
Schnee (2008) 5
Let me tell you (2013) 6
Thomas Adès 12
The tempest, opera (2004) 4
Tevot (2007) 3
Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths" (2005) 2
Polaris (2010) 1
In Seven Days (2008) 2
Harrison Birtwistle 11
Theseus Game (2003) 1
Responses (2014) 1
Quartetto: the tree of strings (2008) 3
Angel Fighter (2010) 1
The silk house sequences (2015) 1
The Shadow of Night (2001) 1
Fantasy upon all the notes (2011) 1
Minotaur, opera (2008) 2
Unsuk Chin 11
Violin Concerto (2001) 3
Rocaná (2008) 2
Alice in wonderland (2012) 2
Gougalon for ensemble (2012) 1
Cello Concerto (2009/2013) 1
Le Silence des Sirènes for soprano and orchestra (2014) 2
George Benjamin 11
Written on Skin (2012) 11
John Adams 10
On the Transmigration of Souls (2002) 1
My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003) 1
The Dharma at Big Sur (2003) 1
Doctor Atomic (2005) 3
El Nino (2000) 1
The Gospel According to the Other Mary (2012) 1
Scheherazade.2 (2015) 2
Hugues Dufourt 10
Apollon et les continents, d'après Tiepolo (2005-16) 1
Les Hivers (2001) 1
Ur-Geräusch per orchestra (2016) 1
Burning bright (2014) 5
L’Afrique d’après Tiepolo (2005) 1
Le Passage du Styx, d’après Patinir (2015) 1
Klaus Lang 9
Die Perser, opera (2002) 1
Hungrige Sterne (2012) 1
Schwarzes Light (2013) 1
Marias Mantel (2005) 3
The Thin Tree (2014) 3
Jennifer Walshe 8
Everything Matters (2016) 1
XXX Live Nude Girls!!! (2003) 5
Dada (2012) 1
The Total Mountain (2014) 1
Heiner Goebbels 8
Stifters Dinge (2007) 5
When the mountains changed its clothing (2012) 1
Aus einem Tagebuch (2002-2003) 1
Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten (2002) 1
Jonathan Harvey 8
Speakings (2008) 6
Quartetto per archi n.4 (2003) 2
Philippe Manoury 8
Terra ignota (2007) 2
In Situ for ensemble and orchestra (2013) 1
Le temps, mode d'emploi (2014) 3
Tensio pour quatuor et électronique (2010) 2
Karlheinz Stockhausen 8
Cosmic Pulses (2007) 2
Sonntag aus Licht (2000) 4
Hoch-Zeiten (2003) 1
Freude (2005) 1
Magnus Lindberg 8
Concerto for Orchestra (2003) 2
Violin concerto no. 1 (2006) 1
Graffiti (2008) 1
Al Largo for orchestra (2010) 2
Violin concerto n.2 (2015) 1
Clarinet concerto (2002) 1
Steve Reich 8
You are (Variations) (2004) 2
WTC 9/11 (2010) 1
Three Tales (2002) 4
Double sextet (2008) 1
Pascal Dusapin 7
Reverso (2006) 2
Faustus, The Last Night (2006) 1
Quatuor VI, “Hinterland” (2009) 1
Morning in Long Island (2010) 1
Disputatio (2015) 1
Penthesilea (2015) 1
Luca Francesconi 7
Quartett (2011) 4
Duende – The Dark Notes, per violino e orchestra (2014) 1
Cobalt and Scarlet (2000) 1
Unexpected end of formula (2008) 1
György Kurtág 7
Hommage à Jacob Obrecht (2004-05) 1
6 Momenti musicali, per quartetto d'archi (2005) 3
Colindă Baladă (2008) 1
Brefs messages (2010) 1
...sospiri, gemiti… (2011) 1
Four Ahmatova Poems Op 41. (2008) 1
Olga Neuwirth 6
Encantadas o le avventure nel mare delle meraviglie (2015) 3
incidendo/fluido (2000) 1
Lost Highway (2002-03) 1
Maudite soit la guerre, per il film di Alfred Machin (1914) 1
Franck Bedrossian 6
Epigram I & Epigram II (2010-14) 1
It (2004) 3
Swing (2009) 1
Itself (2012) 1
Chaya Czernowin 6
Winter Songs (2003) 1
Maim, per soli, orchestra e live electronics (2007) 5
Arvo Pärt 6
Salve Regina (2001) 1
Lamentate for piano and orchestra (2002) 1
La Sindone (2006) 1
Sinfonia n.4 (2008) 1
Adam's Lament (2009) 2
Sofia Gubaidulina 6
Johannes-Passion (2000) 1
Johannes-Ostern (2001) 2
Glorious Percussion (2008) 1
In tempus praesens for violin and orchestra (2007) 1
Violin concerto n.2 (2007) 1
Erkki-Sven Tüür 6
Sinfonia n.4 "Magma" (2002) 3
Sinfonia n.5 (2004) 2
Wallenberg, opera (2001) 1
Toshio Hosokawa 5
Voyage V (2001) 1
Cloud and Light (2008) 1
Drawing (2008) 1
Chant, for cello and orchestra (2009) 1
Blossoming II (2011) 1
Justė Janulytė 5
Textile (2008) 1
Sandglasses (2010) 2
Observation of Clouds (2012) 1
Radiance (2015) 1
Yannis Kyriakides 5
Words and Song without Words (2013) 2
The Buffer Zone (2004) 1
a conSPIracy cantata (2001) 1
Dreams of the Blind (2007) 1
Pierre Boulez 5
Derive 2 (2006) 4
Anthèmes 2 (2008) 1
Henri Dutilleux 5
Correspondances, for soprano and orchestra (2003) 5
Luciano Berio 5
Piano Sonata (2001) 2
Stanze (2003) 3
Pierluigi Billone 4
1+1=1 (2006) 2
Mani.De Leonardis (2004) 1
Sgorgo Y. N. oO (2013) 1
Emmanuel Nunes 4
Musivus (2002) 1
Lichtung III (2007) 1
Das Märchen (2008) 2
Michael Beil 4
Karaoke Rebranng! (2006) 2
Black Jack (2012) 1
Exit to Enter (2013) 1
Agata Zubel 4
Not I (2010) 4
Peter Eötvös 4
Angels in America (2004) 1
Levitation (2007) 1
Goldene Drache (2014) 1
Paradise reloaded (Lilith), opera (2012-13) 1
Brian Ferneyhough 4
Opus Contra Naturam (2000) 1
Chronos Aion (2008) 1
Quartetto n.6 (2010) 1
Shadowtime, opera (2004) 1
Michael Gordon 4
Timber (2009) 3
Gotham (2004) 1
Ivan Fedele 4
En Archè (2008) 1
Morolòja kè Erotika (2010-11) 2
De li duo soli e infiniti universi (2001) 1
Philippe Hurel 3
Tour à tour (1 à 3) 1
Les pigeons d’argile (2014) 1
Traits (2008-2014) 1
Philippe Leroux 3
Voi(Rex) (2002) 1
Quid sit musicus? (2014) 1
Ailes, pour voix de femme et ensemble (2012) 1
Wim Henderickx 3
On haiku (2016) 1
Sinfonia n.1 "At the Edge of the World" (2011) 1
Tejas (2009) 1
Serge Verstockt 3
Drie (2007) 3
Filip Rathé 3
Qui pleure là (2010) 1
Si proche de moi-même (2010) 1
Avec diamants extremes (2010) 1
Richard Barrett 3
Nacht und Träume (2008) 1
Interference (2000) 1
CONSTRUCTION (2011) 1
Richard Ayres 3
No. 44 (diary pieces) (2009) 1
No. 42 (In the Alps), opera (2007) 1
No. 36 (NONcerto for horn), per corno e ensemble (2002) 1
Marco Stroppa 3
Hommage à Gy. K. (2003) 1
Perché non riusciamo a vederla (2008) 1
Let me sing into your ear (2010) 1
Wolfgang Mitterer 3
Little Smile (2011) 1
Coloured Noise (2005) 1
Massacre (2003) 1
Matthias Pintscher 3
Towards Osiris (2005) 1
Study II for Treatise on the Veil (2006) 1
Mar'eh (2011) 1
Gérard Pesson 3
Future ius a faded song, Concerto pour piano et orchestre (2012) 1
Aggravation et final (2002) 1
Pastorale, opera (2006) 1
Giorgio Battistelli 3
Richard lll (2004) 1
Il Medico dei pazzi (2014) 1
Sconcerto (2009-10) 1
David Lang 3
The Little Match Girl Passion (2008) 3
Dmitri Kourliandski 3
Emergency Survival Guide 2 (2010) 1
White concerto (2007) 1
Maps of non-existent cities. St-Petersburg (2015) 1
Louis Andriessen 3
La Commedia (2009) 2
Racconto dall'inferno (2004) 1
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